blackstream

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adjective

Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.

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Meanings

adjectiveblackstream (not comparable)
  1. not comparableartConforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.

Origin

Blend of black + mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement (1971).

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APA

blackstream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstream

MLA

“blackstream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstream. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackstream,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstream.

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